Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in diet culture of Zhuang Nationality in Western Guangxi
Traditional knowledge of utilizing wild edible plants in diet culture of Zhuang Nationality in Western Guangxi was investigated and researched by ethnobotanical methods in Western Guangxi including 1 city, 1 district and 10 counties. The results show that there are 102 species of common wild edible plants belonging to 46 families in diet culture of Zhuang Nationality in Western Guangxi. In which, species in Asteraceae are the most ( 13 species) , followed by Amaranthaceae, Umbelliferae, Rosaceae and Leguminosae (each 6 species). Edible parts are often tender branch and leaf, fruit, whole plant, flower, root, stem, etc. In which, species taken tender branch and leaf as edible parts are the most (48 species), species taken root and stem as edible parts are the least (8 species), and species taken fruit, whole plant and flower as edible parts are 18, 17 and 11 species, respectively. Edible methods are frying, cooking soup, raw eating, cold dishes, water boiling, tea, broth, side dishes, etc., and common edible methods are frying and cooking soup. Harvesting time is mainly in spring and summer, and some species can be harvested and eaten throughout the whole year. Zhuang Nationality people in different regions make a random selection of wild edible plants, and mainly base on standards of convenience, easy to get, applicability, no pollution, etc. Meanwhile, the choice of Zhuang Nationality people in different regions and environments for selecting wild edible plants has an obvious difference. The results of comprehensive analysis show that Zhuang Nationality people in Western Guangxi possess rich traditional knowledge of utilizing wild edible plants with a variety of edible plants, edible parts, edible methds and other characteristics, and form diet culture with ethical characteristics. Besides, according to research results, protection and inheritance of typical diet culture of Zhuang Nationality in Western Guangxi are discussed, and some suggestions are also put forward for sustainable utilization of local wild edible plant resource.
Western GuangxiZhuang Nationalitywild edible plantdiet cultureethnobotany
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NSTL
万方数据
维普
